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Collecting More with Less: Lessons from the One Nutrition Coverage Survey (ONCS) in Bangladesh

Sumanta Neupane (IFPRI)

To combat multiple forms of malnutrition, countries are investing in multisectoral interventions delivered through health, agriculture, social protection, education, and food systems. However, the question of who is being reached by multisector interventions remains...

TOOLKIT: One Nutrition Coverage Survey-Bangladesh

Overview of the Survey The One Nutrition Coverage Survey (ONCS) is methods-focused population-based household survey designed to generate comprehensive data on the coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions across the life stages. Developed under the Data for...

Who is being reached with multisector nutrition interventions? Introducing a framework for co-coverage and composite coverage analysis

Nadia Akseer (BSPH), Abdoulaye Maiga (BSPH), and Hana Tasic (Modern Scientist Global)

Measures of multisectoral nutrition intervention coverage Many countries implement multisectoral nutrition strategies that address malnutrition through interventions delivered by different sectors, including health, agriculture, education, industry, social protection,...

Measuring multi-sector nutrition and health intervention coverage using composite coverage analysis methods: A scoping review

Morrison T, Akseer N, Heidkamp R, et al. VeriXiv preprint. 2025

Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.2006.1 Date of Publication | September 2025 Abstract Composite indices provide an opportunity to measure the reach of multisector strategies as countries progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the...

Who is being reached? Rethinking how to collect, analyze and use data on the coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions

IUNS-ICN International Congress of Nutrition 2025, Paris, France

DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...

Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh

Swetha Manohar and Phuong Nguyen (IFPRI)

Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...

Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh

Manohar S, Nguyen PH, Neupane S, et al. BMJ Open. 2025

Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099314 Date of Publication | December 2025 This journal article was submitted as a preprint. Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction Despite...

Co-coverage of social protection programs and maternal and child nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Scott S, Neupane S, Tasic H, et al. medRxiv preprint. 2025

Preprint Article | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.25320966v1 Date of Publication | January 2025 Abstract Social protection programs (SPPs) are common in South Asia, a global malnutrition hotspot. Provision of SPP benefits as well as essential...

Collecting More with Less: Lessons from the One Nutrition Coverage Survey (ONCS) in Bangladesh

Sumanta Neupane (IFPRI)

To combat multiple forms of malnutrition, countries are investing in multisectoral interventions delivered through health, agriculture, social protection, education, and food systems. However, the question of who is being reached by multisector interventions remains...

TOOLKIT: One Nutrition Coverage Survey-Bangladesh

Overview of the Survey The One Nutrition Coverage Survey (ONCS) is methods-focused population-based household survey designed to generate comprehensive data on the coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions across the life stages. Developed under the Data for...

Who is being reached with multisector nutrition interventions? Introducing a framework for co-coverage and composite coverage analysis

Nadia Akseer (BSPH), Abdoulaye Maiga (BSPH), and Hana Tasic (Modern Scientist Global)

Measures of multisectoral nutrition intervention coverage Many countries implement multisectoral nutrition strategies that address malnutrition through interventions delivered by different sectors, including health, agriculture, education, industry, social protection,...

Measuring multi-sector nutrition and health intervention coverage using composite coverage analysis methods: A scoping review

Morrison T, Akseer N, Heidkamp R, et al. VeriXiv preprint. 2025

Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.2006.1 Date of Publication | September 2025 Abstract Composite indices provide an opportunity to measure the reach of multisector strategies as countries progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the...

Who is being reached? Rethinking how to collect, analyze and use data on the coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions

IUNS-ICN International Congress of Nutrition 2025, Paris, France

DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...

Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh

Swetha Manohar and Phuong Nguyen (IFPRI)

Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...

Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh

Manohar S, Nguyen PH, Neupane S, et al. BMJ Open. 2025

Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099314 Date of Publication | December 2025 This journal article was submitted as a preprint. Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction Despite...

Co-coverage of social protection programs and maternal and child nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Scott S, Neupane S, Tasic H, et al. medRxiv preprint. 2025

Preprint Article | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.25320966v1 Date of Publication | January 2025 Abstract Social protection programs (SPPs) are common in South Asia, a global malnutrition hotspot. Provision of SPP benefits as well as essential...

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